Category: Ability & Access
Back to homeFor Some With Intellectual Disabilities, Ending Abuse Starts With Sex Ed
“Those high rates of abuse — which have been an open secret among people with intellectual disabilities, their families and people who work with them — are why Park started this class about healthy relationships and healthy sexuality.”
The Sex Educator Teaching BDSM to People With Disabilities
“Wilson-Beattie is determined to challenge mainstream ideas around what it means to be desirable. She believes that embracing your body—for both able-bodied people and those with disabilities—is key to feeling sexy.”
Argentine woman becomes first nursery teacher with Down’s syndrome
Noelia Garella has overcome prejudice surrounding her condition to become a favourite with her pupils, and is making history in Latina America.
10 Awesome Women with Disabilities You Should Know About
People with disabilities deserve to know that “we’re not just cases, diagnoses, or “not really disabled”; we’re part of a community with its own histories and triumphs. So to help you (and twelve-year-old me) gain a better understanding of disability than “just …
19 Examples of Ability Privilege
The following list includes examples of the benefits those of us who are able-bodied — i.e. not physically disabled, chronically ill, severely obese or otherwise physically limited — experience.